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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Syria's Christians

The serious problem is that transition from authoritarian regimes to
the demos also unleashes nasty sectarian behavior. All minorities
provide easy targets for newly emerging power centers. The problem
is surviving the process until the demos settles down and power
seekers must attract votes. That is often too long and too dangerous
and Christian minorities know that a simple move will end the
problem. The truth is that Christians do have an option.

Otherwise, Islamic minorities do not and worse, the authoritarian
regime often depended on the minority to enforce their writ as is
true in Syria. For that reason the likely resolution will be the
establishment of a Alawite enclave that is effectively independent.

In the meantime, over several years, the Christians will migrate.

This collapse of institutional toleration actually sets the stage for
a separation of the Arab and non Arab polity and continuing
confrontation with modernism.

Pope Benedict XVI, as
well as other Christian leaders, have decried the exodus of
Christians from the Mideast - the cradle of Christianity.
Posed with terrorism and killings directed at them by Islamist
groups, Christians in Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon and elsewhere in the
Muslim world have had to seek refuge in the West.
ProfessorYossi Shain, head of the Abba Eban Diplomacy
Program at Tel Aviv University, says that Islamists are
pushing more and more Christians out of the Middle East. In an
analysis published by Ynetnews, Shain wrote, "The
reasons for the Christians’ crisis in our region are related to
their success as a modern group with low growth rate and free
immigration to Western countries. But the assault on the Christians
in their home countries stems mostly from the processes
of Islamization, which push them away from the Arab collective."

Professor Shain notes
the historic contribution Mideast Christians made in
developing a modern Arab identity and formulating governments free of
religious preferences. However, the political topography of the
entire Arab region has changed, said Shain. Writing
at Ynet, Shain said "But the Arab-national vision
that includes the Christians does not exist anymore – not even in
theory. In traditional Arab countries, such as Saudi Arabia, the
Christians have lost their place entirely. But their situation has
deteriorated in other countries as well. Hardly any Christians remain
in Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, where in the past they were almost the
majority. The Christians' situation in Iraq took a turn for the worse
following the fall of Saddam Hussein, who used them against the
Shiite majority."

It is Syria's
Christians who are most in danger. For years, during the Assad
regime, Christians were protected by an authoritarian and secularist
state. However, Christians now fear that should the Islamist
insurgents take power that Christians' lives may be forfeit. In
recent weeks, Terry Waite - who was once held captive for four years
by Islamists as an emissary of the Anglican Church -
visited the Syria-Lebanon border region. Writing in The Guardian,
Waite warned "Syria has a unique and rich history of religious
diversity and tolerance, and in the past Christians and Muslims have
shared the same place of worship. Since the beginning of Islam, they
have lived in relative harmony – but the war is pushing Christians
out, and many believe there will be no way back."

Worthy as the
proponents of political change may be, there are now elements of the
Arab spring that have been hijacked by Islamic extremists who want to
impose sharia law and banish Syrian Christians, who make up
about 10% of the population. This has created a very hostile
environment for minorities. I met refugee families living in dire
circumstances in Lebanese border towns, and heard first hand their
harrowing stories."

The dire situation
faced by Christians of the Mideast is somewhat similar to
the situation of the Jews in Europe before and during the Second
World War. The world's relative silence in the face of their plight
serves as another warning sign to those who believe the enlightened
world is willing to lend a hand at times of crisis.

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